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Saturday, 1 May 2010

Altered pocket watch

This is a pocket watch Ibought from Jeanette at Vintage Supply Co and took apart.Quite a fun process and worth remembering there is a particulaly boingey spring in there that catapults the contents accross the room as I discovered the hard way LOL :D

I decided to use the casing and make a pendant using a pic of my Great Aunt Molly (or Mary Ellen to be precise) printed on canvas.

I cut a piece of Prima Pastiche as the baselayer then added lace,springs, cogs, watch hands and a couple of pretty embellies.The added a watch face over the photo.I then re-assembled the watch casing - have to say I love it :D

I'm going to add this to the Alter it challenge blog as Mays theme is Tin Pan ally - altered metal items :D

Awwww I'm so pleased to see this. I had wanted to do an altered pocket watch for the Alice in Wonderland swap but didn't find one in time :( It wouldn't have been a patch on yours this is just totally gorgeous.

About Me

I've been a paper scrapbooker since 2004 and also like to hybrid scrap.
I'm just trying to learn digi scrapbooking - but it may take a while.
I have always enjoyed arts and crafts from a young age and have dabbled in most things from knitting, jewellery making, card making etc...
I'm also loving altered art and am a Tim Holtz newbie addict :D
I'm a vintage girl trapped in a modern world, so I'm just going to alter it bit by bit :D